According to Wired News, CyberQuest has recently set up a few dozen cross-linked, porn-themed Blogspot blogs (powered by Blogger), all of which link to three of its for-profit porn sites.
Google’s blog technology can be used easily and quickly by anyone to make a virtually unlimited number of blogs, free of charge.
Wired contends that CyberQuest has been gaming Google’s search engine in order to raise its rankings. The higher the ranking, the more likely it is that surfers will log on to sites.
The high-tech magazine also pointed out that by posing as blogs, porn sites can elude Internet filtering systems. Many filters block sexual material online because they are designed to search for adult material based on domain names – not by content.
CyberQuest could not be reached for comment.
However, porn sites – particularly those operated by adult stars – have included actual web logs, or blogs, for years as an essential, organic part of their sites. For example, the Polynesian-Asian beauty Mika Tan posts a “Weekly Journal” at mikatan. Tan’s diary is about her daily life. In a March posting, the adult performer wrote about her sister, a U.S. Marine who was about to be deployed to the Persian Gulf.
Other adult stars who include journals on their sites include Luc Wylder and Asia Carrera. Recent posting in the “Asia’s Bulletins!” section of the so-called “porn nerd’s” site are about Carrera’s pregnancy, and include photos.
These blogs make members feel as if they know their favorite stars, and users have a sense of closeness to them. Carrera’s “Asia’s Bulletins!” is actually located on the free section of her paysite, and may be used as a way to attract new members.
And in addition to generating traffic and revenue, adult performers may use blogs for the same reasons many mainstream bloggers do. Online diaries give their authors opportunities to express themselves and get something off their chests. For instance, Mika Tan’s journal once ranted about a co-worker whose lights she wanted to punch out.
In any case, what is arguably the most successful blog of all time attained notoriety thanks to sex. Internet gossip Matt Drudge became famous by breaking the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal at his drudgereport.